There are entire movies TO DATE that have an all white cast, and we don’t bat an eye. Why is it so upsetting when these people of color, with a drive just like any other actor, take it upon themselves to make a movie with an all ethnic cast? Why does it bother you to let an entire community of people have their representation? We are still trying to erase entire communities from record. I have never, in my nineteen years, owned a doll that didn’t have skin as white as mine, and I never thought twice about it. I could go to any store and find a doll that looked just. like. me. A cis-gendered, bisexual, white female.
Growing up, I never realized what the world was like. I was warned about bad people, about dangerous situations, and men; but I still never feared for my life. I could pass an entire lifetime with my head in the clouds, and nothing would ever reach me. Because I passed the societal test. There are so so many people— men, women, children, and everything inbetween —who will never know what that feels like, and it disgusts me. I am heartbroken for the little kids who never got to have a doll that looked like them. I am heartbroken for the kids who didn’t grow up with a superhero that looked like them. I am heartbroken for the people who have lost those they love, and who have been the loved that were lost. I am so irrevocably angry, and confused with the reality before me. Racism is everywhere. Racism is real.
I am still learning. I am still so naive to the things that are happening around me. I am still trying to process.
I stand for human rights, unconditional, and irrevocable; we are far more than what the eye can see. We all deserve representation, love, acceptance, opportunities, etc.
I want there to be a day where every child can effortlessly find a doll that looks just like them. For every child to have what I have always had. I want race to be an afterthought. I want peace. I want justice. I want LIFE for people of color. Freedom.